Inside the Taoist temple, Li Daoyi was staring at the statues of the gods.

The statue was quite heroic, dressed in golden armor, holding a sword, and with bright, piercing eyes.

"What kind of deity is this?" Li Dao looked at it for a long time but couldn't recognize it at all.

Lin Xuan, the old Taoist priest, said somewhat awkwardly from the side.

"Well, this is...this is...my son."

"Your son?"

“It’s my dad,” the little girl Zhuzhu quickly said.

Li Daoyi looked at the two of them with surprise. This was clearly a Taoist temple, but instead of a deity, it was his own son who was being worshipped.

The old man twisted the incense burner.

"Click..."

The statue immediately turned around, revealing numerous characters written densely on its back.

"His beloved son, Lin Yu, died in the eighth year of the Wuyuan era..."

Li Daoyi looked at it carefully, then frowned.

"The Battlefield of a Hundred Races?" Li Daoyi asked.

The inscription read that the old Taoist's son, Lin Yu, died ten years ago on the battlefield of the Hundred Clans, which piqued Li Daoyi's curiosity.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, yes, it was the Hundred Races Battlefield. My son once represented Da Gan in the Hundred Races Tournament, but unfortunately..." Lin Xuan sighed.

“My father was murdered,” Lin Zhuzhu couldn’t help but say.

"Shut up!" Lin Xuan quickly snapped.

Li Daoyi narrowed his eyes slightly; it seemed there was more to this story.

Lin Zhuzhu lowered her head in grievance.

"Coo coo..."

Just then, Mengmeng's tummy made a rumbling sound.

"Hehe, I'm hungry," the little guy said with a grin, instantly dispelling the somewhat oppressive atmosphere.

"Oh dear, I'll go cook right away. We have lots of noodles and lots of meat today, let's make dumplings." Zhu Zhu squatted down and patted Mengmeng's little head as she spoke.

"Dumplings, time to eat dumplings..." The little guy was overjoyed.

“Miss Zhuzhu, let’s go help you!” Dongfang Bubai said.

"Ah...this isn't appropriate!" In Zhu Zhu's eyes, these two women were like celestial beings; how could they possibly enter the kitchen?

"There's nothing wrong with that. Even gods were once human," Dongfang Bubai said with a smile.

After the others left, only Li Daoyi and Lin Xuan remained in the hall.

“Tell me about this world!” Li Daoyi said, walking to a chair and sitting down.

Lin Xuan's body trembled, and he thought to himself, "The immortal is indeed not from this world."

“Immortal must come from a faraway place, no wonder you don’t know about our small place,” Lin Xuan sighed.

"A small place?" Li Dao's interest was piqued.

Lin Xuan was taken aback, wondering why the other party was so surprised, but he continued talking anyway.

"This place is called the Continent of Stars, and it belongs to the human race, ruled by the Great Gan Dynasty..."

"Crossing the sea of ​​stars will lead to the Eternal Path, which connects many continents, most of which are controlled by human forces."

"Alas, the human race is weak, barely ranking in the middle among all races. If it weren't for the support of a few holy lands, they might have already been enslaved by other races..."

It turns out that this is a rather vast world, known as the Hundred Races Great World, which is composed of hundreds and thousands of continents. The place where Li Daoyi and his companions are located is just one of the continents of the human race. The so-called Hundred Races probably includes more than a hundred races, such as the Winged People, Demons, Beastmen, Aquatic People, Multi-Eyed People, Flame People, and so on.

This strange world is also based on martial arts, and the realms are divided into nine levels: Martial Apprentice, Martial Master, Martial Grandmaster, Martial King, Martial Venerable, Martial Emperor, Martial Saint, and Martial God.

If we consider the cultivation stages, ignoring the martial apprentice level and starting from the martial master level, these correspond to the Qi Refining stage, Foundation Establishment stage, Golden Core stage, Nascent Soul stage, Deity Transformation stage, Mahayana stage, and Tribulation Transcending stage. As for the Martial God, Li Daoyi believes it should correspond to the True Immortal. Of course, this is just his guess, and we will need to get to know him better before we can make a definitive judgment.

"Interesting, so this is the kind of world I'm talking about." A smile gradually appeared on Li Daoyi's face.

"I wonder which continent Your Excellency comes from?" Lin Xuan asked at this moment.

The human race has nine continents in total. The Zhuxing Continent is ranked last. In addition, there are the Central Continent, the Azure Dragon Continent, the Black Tortoise Continent, the White Tiger Continent, the Vermilion Bird Continent, the Netherworld Continent, the Mysterious Moon Continent, and the Yangshen Continent.

Of the nine continents, the Central Continent is the most revered, home to the three great holy lands: the Mysterious Maiden Holy Land, the Divine Sword Sect, and the Black Nether Sect. These three holy lands are sacred because they each possess a Martial Saint. Martial Saints are extremely rare in this world; according to Lin Xuan, no Martial God has appeared among the hundred races, including the human race, for three thousand years.

“I come from a faraway place, a place you will never know or have ever heard of,” Li Daoyi said with a smile.

"This..." Lin Xuan was clearly taken aback, but he wisely refrained from asking further questions.

"I ask you, what did your granddaughter mean when she said you were waiting here for an opportunity specifically for her?" Li Daoyi continued to ask.

A trace of sadness appeared on Lin Xuan's face as he spoke slowly.

“Zhuzhu’s mother died in childbirth shortly after she was born, and her father died on the battlefield of the Hundred Clans when she was a little over a year old. I have been raising her all these years. This child has had a hard life. I wonder if Your Excellency has noticed Zhuzhu’s eyes?”

"Oh, you mean heterochromia? One blue and one green, quite unusual." Li Dao nodded.

"Your Excellency, do you know that in ancient times our human race was once ranked first among all races? The reason is that our human race gave birth to a God of War."

"The God of War?" Li Daoyi asked.

“That’s right. No one knows his name. They only know that he likes to use a sword, so people call him the Sword God. The Sword God also has heterochromia.” Lin Xuan said this with a hint of pride on his face.

But then his face fell.

"When Zhuzhu was born, we noticed the unusual appearance of his eyes. We thought our Lin family was about to produce a true phoenix, but we never expected..."

Lin Xuan paused at this point, seemingly unwilling to recall the past.

"I never expected that Zhuzhu was born with a blocked meridian and would be unable to cultivate martial arts at all. Heaven is playing a huge joke on my Lin family."

"For this reason, Zhu Zhu's father and I tried everything we could. Finally, we heard that there were spiritual medicines in the Hundred Races Battlefield that could refine one's bones and spirits. So, his father went into the Hundred Races Battlefield and never returned." As he said this, tears welled up in Lin Xuan's eyes.

Li Daoyi didn't speak, but he already understood what this opportunity meant.

“I once obtained a book on physiognomy. Based on the contents of the book, I predicted a glimmer of hope for Zhuzhu’s future. Finally, following the instructions in the book, I came here and have been waiting for six years.”

"I had given up hope, but tonight the stars changed, and the Supreme One really appeared. I know the Supreme One must have a way to save Zhuzhu," Lin Xuan said excitedly.

Li Daoyi slowly rose and walked to the statue, feeling a sense of admiration for this great fatherly love.

"You don't need to worry. I already know about Zhuzhu's situation. The Heavenly Vein of Annihilation? I'm quite interested in it."

"System, what is the Heavenly Vein of Annihilation?" Li Daoyi asked in his mind.

"Returning to the host, the Heavenly Absolute Meridian is also known as the Heavenly Blessed Meridian. Those who possess it are blessed by the heavens with extraordinary talent and have extremely wide meridians. Because the meridians are so wide, they require an extremely large amount of true qi to fill them. The initial stage of martial arts cultivation, qi refining, is very important, equivalent to the foundation building stage in immortal cultivation. However, those who possess the Heavenly Absolute Meridian need a hundred or even a thousand times more spiritual qi than others to build their foundation. Therefore, under normal circumstances, those who possess the Heavenly Absolute Meridian will fail to build their foundation because they cannot obtain enough spiritual qi in one go and are considered useless," the system explained.

Li Dao's eyes lit up immediately. This was no useless vein; it was a divine vein! No wonder it was called the Heavenly Blessed Vein. This world couldn't replenish so much spiritual energy at once, but he could.

"Grandpa, Your Majesty, the dumplings are ready!" Zhu Zhu ran in from outside, her face beaming with joy.

"bite…"

"A chosen one has been discovered. It is recommended that the host take him as an apprentice."

At this point, a system notification sound will be heard.

Ignoring the system, Li Daoyi stepped forward and reached out to pat the little girl's head.

Zhu Zhu was a little taken aback by the sudden caress, but she still obediently stood still.

"Good boy, come on, let's go eat dumplings." Li Daoyi smiled, gently tapped him on the head three times, and then walked out with his hands behind his back.

Zhu Zhu stood there dumbfounded, then rubbed her head and looked at her grandfather, who was also in a daze.

At the dinner table, Li Daoyi and the others ate very happily, especially Mengmeng, who, being a child, grabbed the food with her hands.

However, Zhu Zhu always felt that Li Daoyi's gaze towards her was strange, but she didn't know why. The meal ended in such a daze.

The Taoist temple wasn't large, but it had a few guest rooms, enough for Li Daoyi and his group to stay in. However, he left the temple alone and sat on the back of Niu Er, who was sleeping at the entrance, and began to meditate.

"Huff..."

Niu Er let out a heavy sigh as a farewell, and then went back to sleep.

Li Daoyi closed his eyes, recalling Lin Xuan's introduction to this world.

"Although it's an unfamiliar world, isn't that what makes it interesting?" Li Daoyi thought to himself.

Late at night, Zhu Zhu tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. For some reason, she kept thinking about the Venerable One's smile.

"Grandpa said he's my destined person. I wonder if it's true. If he could cure my paralyzed meridians, that would be wonderful," Zhu Zhu thought excitedly.

Soon, Zhu Zhu remembered that Shang Zun had not gone back inside to rest, but had gone outside, saying he was going to keep the cow company.

Zhu Zhu sat up in bed, then dressed and tiptoed out of the room, curious about what the other person was doing.

As the door of the Taoist temple was pushed open, a smile gradually appeared on Li Daoyi's lips as he sat on the back of the ox.

"It's exactly the third watch of the night," Li Daoyi thought to himself.

The little girl stared at the figure on the back of the giant ox, which seemed to glow in the moonlight. At that moment, Zhu Zhu was mesmerized.

"Why are you out so late instead of sleeping?"

Just then, Li Daoyi's voice slowly rang out.

Zhu Zhu immediately came to her senses, and the little girl quickly ran to Li Daoyi and then knelt down.

Why are you doing this?

"Your Excellency, I beg you, please help me. I want to cultivate, I don't want to disappoint my grandfather." After saying this, the little girl kowtowed several times to Li Daoyi.